reprehend

[ rep-ri-hend ]

verb (used with object)

1. to reprove or find fault with; rebuke; censure; blame.

   Synonyms: admonish, chide, upbraid, reproach

reprehend

/ ˌrɛprɪˈhɛnd /

verb

1. tr to find fault with; criticize

Derived Forms

• ˌrepreˈhender, noun
• ˌrepreˈhendable, adjective

Other Words From

• repre·henda·ble adjective
• repre·hender noun
• unrep·re·hended adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of reprehend¹

1300–50; Middle English reprehenden < Latin reprehendere to hold back, restrain, equivalent to re- re- + prehendere to seize; prehension

Word History and Origins

Origin of reprehend¹

C14: from Latin reprehendere to hold fast, rebuke, from re- + prendere to grasp

Example Sentences

Now, then, look at my neck and see if it is fatter than your master’s, and if you can justly reprehend me.”

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For example, the word ‘governor,’ as applied to a father, is to be reprehended.

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His modern instances are, of course, sheer blunders, and cannot be too severely reprehended; and artists must always remember that such liberties should never be taken, unless by these means some higher object is gained.

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The Colonel reprehended them sharply, suspended them, and struck them out of the list of aids-de-camp of the General.

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These words pierced my heart and soul, to hear a subject thus audaciously to reprehend his Sovereign, who ever and anon replied with great magnanimity and prudence.’

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